Communist Party of Canada

The Communist Party of Canada (CPC) is a communist political party in Canada, founded in May 1921. The party is the third-oldest political party in Canada, after the Liberal Party of Canada and the Conservative Party of Canada, and the party never held a seat in the federal government, instead winning seats in municipal governments. The CPC was involved with trade union organizing, anti-war activism, and other social movements, and the party was de-registered and its assets frozen in 1993, beginning a thirteen-year legal battle that would result in the CPC being legalized once more.